Prevalence of Stress and Its Association with Body Weight among Medical Students in Umm Al Qura University, Makkah 2021

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Medical education is a well-known cause of stress for medical students. It can disturb their caloric intake leading to a alteration in their body weight. Aim: assess the prevalence of stress among medical students and to observe the association between the level of stress, gender, and BMI among medical students at Umm El Qura University, Makkah. Methods: A cross-sectional design including 200 medical students from 2nd to 6th year. A perceived stress scale-10 questionnaire used to measure the stress score. Weight and height were collected based on self-reported value. Result: 200 of the students agreed take an interest in the review with aage from 20-22years, female students. The prevalence of students stress was ranged from moderate to low stress While the weight mass index (BMI) has been not apparently positively correlated with stress (p=0.010). Conclusion: Stress is prevalent between medical school students at Umm El Qura University. Association between level of stress and obesity was not statistically significant. Preventive measures ought to be implanted to reduce the level of pressure between medical students.